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St Laurence Property & Finance hit by loan write downs | National ...

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:00:35 -0500

St Laurence Property &Finance sold three properties in the six month period: Master Builders House in Wellington, 137 Gracefield Road in Petone, and 37 Omega St in Albany, for a combined total of $25 million. ...

Iraq plans to cut 2009 budget by $13 billion - San Diego Union-Tribune

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:00:27 -0400

BAGHDAD – Iraq plans to cut its 2009 draft budget to $67 billion in light of falling world oil prices, finance ministry officials said. Iraqi authorities set the original draft budget last month at around $80 billion, based on expectations that the ...

Ashland Finance Committee member steps down (The MetroWest Daily News)

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:00:21 -0400

Robert Powderly, who led the Finance Committee while the town went through two divisive tax override debates in the last two years, has resigned from the board.

Algeria adopts 2009 finance bill with oil put at 37 dollars a barrel (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:00:22 -0400

The Algerian cabinet chaired by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika adopted the 2009 finance bill predicated on an oil price of 37 dollars a barrel and a growth rate of 4.1 percent, it was announced here.

The Finance Group Expands Services - MarketWatch

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:03:41 -0400

The Finance Group Expands Services
MarketWatch -16 hours ago
The Finance Group's Loan Modification program is offered as a flat fee for the service and is not based on the value of the loan or the value of the home, ...

Personal Finance Daily: The week's 10 best Personal Finance stories: Aug. 11-15 (Market Watch)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:04:12 -0400

In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Aug. 11-15:

Plot Feeds in Google Finance

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:05:47 -0400

Google Finance has a very cool new feature that lets you plot the items from a feed on a stock chart. For example, you may want to find more information about Google's stock and see how it correlates with the latest news about Google. ...

SEC short-selling ban on Fannie, Freddie to end - Kansas City Star

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:06:53 -0400

A government order expires Tuesday that temporarily banned a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks. The companies' shares have stabilized since the ban took ...

Conservatives plot on campaign finance

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:06:03 -0400

Buoyed by the Supreme Court, conservatives are looking to roll back laws regulating campaign finance.

UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest - Reuters

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:06:07 -0400

Reuters

UPDATE 1-Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digest
Reuters -6 hours ago
* London-based private equity group Apax Partners, which has $35 billion under management, is in talks to sell as much as a 10 percent stake to Asian ...
Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digestReuters
Market Chatter -- Corporate finance press digestReuters
Palm oil firm Wilmar makes ex-SingTel finance head CFOReuters
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Stocks jump as oil slumps - CNN Money

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:03:40 -0400

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Slumping oil prices and a rising dollar fired up a big stock market rally Friday morning, enabling investors to look beyond mortgage finance firm Fannie Mae's steep quarterly loss. The Dow Jones industrial average ( INDU ...

Edwards’s campaign finance chairman: Sure, I’ve been giving money ...

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:09:21 -0400

Because he felt sorry for her, silly. [...] Read the rest »

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to Report Losses Through 2008 (Update1) - Bloomberg

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:06:37 -0400

Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the biggest U.S. mortgage-finance companies, may report net losses through the first quarter of 2009 as home-loan delinquencies rise to the highest on record, analysts' estimates show. Freddie ...

Finance Manager - Seattle Times

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:04:32 -0400

Finance Manager
Seattle Times, United States -14 hours ago
We are currently hiring for a Finance Manager at our Barrier Volvo Dealership in Bellevue. The finance department is responsible for processing the ...

Carnival of Personal Finance #155 — Time With Family

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:04:59 -0400

Hello everyone and welcome to 155th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. Initially, I had a plan to make this a more unique and interesting carnival, but my sister and her family came up from Virginia for a surprised visit. ...

Portfolio Accounting and Reporting Department of the Real Estate ... - Hartford Courant

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:04:32 -0400

Portfolio Accounting and Reporting Department of the Real Estate ...
Hartford Courant, United States -6 hours ago
Bachelor's Degree required with a concentration in Finance preferred. Experience working in an investment organization or financial services field. ...

Saudi Arabia Won't End Currency Peg, Finance Minister Says - Bloomberg

Sat, 31 May 2008 10:05:41 -0400

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Saudi Arabia Won't End Currency Peg, Finance Minister Says
Bloomberg -1 hour ago
By John Brinsley May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia won't end its currency peg to the US dollar or revalue the riyal, Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf said ...
RPT-Saudi Arabia wants stability in oil markets -finminReuters India
Paulson says dollar peg has served Mideast wellForbes
Paulson says dollar peg has served Mideast wellReuters
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Finance experts welcome foreign owners - The Press Association

Thu, 29 May 2008 10:04:23 -0400

Goal.com

Finance experts welcome foreign owners
The Press Association -5 hours ago
Leading football finance experts Deloitte are confident the Premier League's new overseas owners will have a positive impact on the game in this country. ...
Deloitte football finance review: Club-by-club Premier League analysisTelegraph.co.uk
Newcastle United one of eight clubs to make profitJournal Live
Premiership clubs to net huge profits with new dealIrish Independent
guardian.co.uk - Reuters.uk
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Grenada amending offshore laws - Seattle Times

Mon, 26 May 2008 10:05:07 -0400

Grenada is amending its finance laws as the Caribbean nation prepares to relaunch its offshore sector. Angus Smith, chief of the island's financial regulatory body, said Sunday the Offshore Act Amendment Bill will give the attorney general the ...

Rep. Loretta Sanchez Aide Under Investigation - Washington Post

Sat, 24 May 2008 18:23:22 -0400

Authorities are investigating whether a former executive assistant in the U.S. House misappropriated thousands of dollars to finance a vacation and personal items, as part of a widening effort to determine whether congressional accounts are ...